in which i have nothing new to say: just write for rights #w4r22
It’s that time of year again: time to Write for Rights. Looking back on my write for rights posts for the last several years, it appears that I’ve been recycling…
December 2022
The Sinema Show
Kyrsten Sinema has changed her party affiliation. But, Alexandra Petri writes, if you think that change signals a change in other things — like who she is, or how she’ll…
A Contest of One.
That is what you call a political boo-boo. It was an opportunity for attention. It was a time to be heard. You forego it at your peril. A new leader…
England no longer a Christian nation
England is having its troubles these days. Economy in recession, a plague of strikes, living standards falling, highest inflation in 40 years, National Health Service on life support, millions can’t…
Musical interlude
Andain – You Once Told Me
How to fund journalism in Canada if Google, Facebook won’t
Canada can fund news media without robbing Google and Facebook, but it will involve clawing back some of the monopoly profits being raked in by our giant telecom companies. Photo…
Legal Tweet of the Day: December 9, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Change the Constitution or face Alberta independence referendum, says architect of Sovereignty Act #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3W3PEQ1 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Philip Aldrick reports on the UK’s belated recognition that long COVID likely bears responsibility for a massive and sustained spike in inactive workers.…
Ableism Affects Everyone – Even You
Happy Friday, everyone! Here’s a fun TikTok explaining how ableism comes back to bite you in the butt in less than 2 minutes: @khoyadoc you’re not gonna be “fine”. #ableism…
Delusion Has Gone Viral
Yesterday, I wrote about our developing constitutional crisis. Today, that crisis deepens. Padraig Moran writes: Canada’s Constitution is not a legitimate document, and has not safeguarded Alberta’s interests within federation,…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from April 17, 2015
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from April 17, 2015 via Wise Law Blog: Getting Your Legal Writing Right http://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2015/04/getting-your-legal-writing-right.html – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website:…
Democracy Damned.
You have to admit; doing things democratically is tough work. Doing things openly and honestly is even tougher. You would think that Ontario premier Doug Ford would understand that by…
Today’s News: From the Substacks
Before I get into the rest of this piece, I just have to follow up my previous Tridemic post with this terrible story: “This baby died on the floor, on…
Limiting debate, UCP rams through ‘Sovereignty Act in the wee hours of yesterday morning
Danielle Smith’s obedient United Conservative Party Caucus rammed through the premier’s so-called Alberta Sovereignty within a United Canada Act in the wee hours of yesterday morning. Opposition Leader Rachel Notley…
Et tu, AMLO?
I have often despaired at the way in which seemingly progressive leaders in Latin and South America show great initial promise and then drift into an autocracy not unlike their…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Angella MacEwen discusses how the Bank of Canada is fighting a class war on the side of the rich by pushing to…
Compensation for hospital workers has declined for years. But Ford still wants more
Despite the urgent attempts of the Ford government to decrease the real wages of hospital workers (via Bill 124 and their plan to appeal the courts declaring that legislation unconstitutional),…
Legal Tweet of the Day: December 8, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: First Nations demand withdrawal of proposed Alberta Sovereignty, Saskatchewan First acts #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3UInBEA – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net…
‘Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy’: From UN peacekeeper to US sentinel state
HMCS Ottawa during drills in the Pacific Ocean. Photo by US Pacific Fleet/Flickr. In a recent article in the Ottawa Hill-Times, journalist David Crane asked an important question: “Is Canada…